Sarasin & Partners LLP Buys 36,346 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF $VPL

Sarasin & Partners LLP raised its position in Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (NYSEARCA:VPL) by 78.1% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 82,887 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 36,346 shares during the quarter. Sarasin & Partners LLP’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF were worth $9,589,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $32,000. CoreCap Advisors LLC increased its position in Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 624.1% in the second quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 391 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,000 after purchasing an additional 337 shares during the period. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 121.7% during the 4th quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 408 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 224 shares during the last quarter. IFC & Insurance Marketing Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $40,000. Finally, Root Financial Partners LLC lifted its position in Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 348.8% during the 4th quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 570 shares of the company’s stock valued at $52,000 after purchasing an additional 443 shares during the period.

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VPL opened at $112.28 on Friday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $113.00 and its 200 day simple moving average is $107.12. Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF has a fifty-two week low of $84.36 and a fifty-two week high of $121.23. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.65 and a beta of 0.81.

About Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF, formerly Vanguard MSCI Pacific ETF, is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment performance of the MSCI Pacific Index that consists of common stocks of companies located in Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the MSCI Pacific Index (the Index).